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Instruqt’s 2026 State of Developer Adoption Report, fielded by SlashData, finds hands-on labs make developers approximately 50% more likely to reach productivity within two months.

AMSTERDAM, June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Instruqt, the hands-on adoption platform used by software companies to onboard developers, customers, and prospects, today released its annual report, The State of Developer Adoption – the first independent benchmark of how marketing, sales, and education teams are responding to the widening gap between the pace of AI feature releases and the pace at which customers can actually adopt them.

The report, fielded by SlashData 2026 across 424 marketing, sales, and developer education practitioners at North American software companies, found that 92% of respondents face at least one significant developer adoption challenge. The most cited causes point to an operational problem, not a product one: misalignment across teams (27%), technology complexity (26%), and the difficulty of keeping content accurate as products ship weekly (25%).

The data points to a significant difference in outcomes among organizations that use hands-on learning experiences. Organizations using hands-on labs were approximately 50% more likely to report developers reaching productivity within two months than those that did not.

“The pace of AI innovation has fundamentally changed how software companies think about adoption,” said Adriaan Knapen, CEO of Instruqt. “Organizations have less time than ever to help customers understand, evaluate, and adopt new capabilities before the next wave of innovation arrives. The companies pulling ahead aren’t the ones shipping more features. They’re the ones who have figured out how to align marketing, sales, and education around a single hands-on experience the customer can actually touch.”

The adoption gap is now an operational gap

The report frames a structural shift in how B2B software companies need to operate. Marketing builds one demo. Sales builds a different one for POCs. Education rebuilds it again for onboarding. Every handoff loses context, every release breaks the content, and every customer starts over. The teams that flatten that motion into a single, reusable, hands-on experience are the ones converting AI investment into AI adoption.

Other notable findings from the report:

• Community remains the most underutilized adoption lever. Developer community spaces received the highest perceived effectiveness rating of any adoption practice in the survey, with one in three practitioners ranking them in their top three. Yet adoption levels sit at roughly the same level as static video tutorials, suggesting underinvestment in the format that works best.
• High-impact pre-sales experiences remain underused. Proofs of concept are rated more effective than their adoption levels suggest, pointing to underutilization in pre-sales motions.
• Different teams define successful hands-on experiences differently. Sales teams prioritize realism in hands-on experiences (39% rank production-like environments as the single most important characteristic), while education teams prioritize real-time guidance and feedback.
• AI adoption is growing, but confidence is not. Half of practitioners describe their AI use as extensive, yet more than one-third plan to reduce it, citing accuracy and content freshness concerns.

Why this matters for the AI category

For developer-focused software companies, the report suggests that customer adoption is becoming an increasingly important determinant of growth as innovation cycles accelerate. Many of the industry’s fastest-growing software companies have invested heavily in hands-on education, self-paced labs, interactive product experiences, and developer enablement programs as part of broader adoption strategies. The pattern, the report argues, is no longer a “nice to have” enablement motion. It is the growth motion.

Earlier this month, Google Cloud Security selected Instruqt to launch its Agentic SOC experience at Google Cloud Next 2026, training 50 practitioners in a single workshop with a dedicated Vertex AI environment per participant.

“On the AI front, Instruqt is fantastic because it allows us to spin up a dedicated Vertex environment per participant,” said Keith Manville, Customer Engineer at Google Cloud Security. “That changes what’s possible in a workshop.”

The State of Developer Adoption report, including methodology and respondent demographics, is available today at instruqt.com/ai-adoption. The full methodology, including the SlashData survey instrument and respondent breakdown, is published with the report.

About Instruqt

Instruqt is the hands-on adoption platform that B2B software companies use to turn complex products into experiences customers can actually use. Marketing teams use Instruqt to drive qualified leads through interactive product experiences. Sales teams use it to run higher-quality demos and POCs without the setup tax. Education teams use it to scale onboarding and certification with real environments instead of slideware. Customers include Google Cloud, MongoDB, Elastic, HashiCorp, Red Hat, and Puppet. Learn more at instruqt.com.

About SlashData

SlashData is the leading analyst firm in the developer economy, tracking developer trends across mobile, desktop, IoT, cloud, web, AR/VR, machine learning, and games. The firm’s research is based on surveys of more than 40,000 developers in 165+ countries annually.

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SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orano Canada Inc. (Orano Canada) and Cameco Corporation (Cameco) have reached an agreement to jointly acquire TEPCO Resources Inc. (TEPCO) 5% ownership in the Cigar Lake Joint Venture. Orano is pleased to announce that, upon closing, this transaction will increase its share by 2.129% to a total of 42.582% of the joint venture. Cameco’s ownership will also rise to a total of 57.418%.

“This agreement reflects the strength of our long-term relationship with Cameco and our shared commitment to supporting energy security through reliable, low-carbon nuclear energy. At Orano, we remain focused on investment and operational excellence in support of our customers worldwide,” said Xavier Saint Martin Tillet, Senior Executive Vice President, Orano Mining Business Unit.

“We are pleased to increase Orano’s ownership stake in the Cigar Lake mine,” said Pascal Bastien, President and CEO, Orano Canada. “This investment reflects our long-term confidence in Saskatchewan and its importance to Orano’s future growth in the global nuclear fuel cycle. We thank our long-standing partner, TEPCO, for its contribution to this operation over many years. Together with Cameco, we remain committed to the safe and reliable operation of the Cigar Lake mine and McClean Lake mill, while continuing to support our employees and the communities where we operate.”

The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals and standard closing conditions and should be closed in the third quarter of 2026.

About Orano Canada

Headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Orano Canada Inc. is a leading producer of uranium, accounting for the processing of 19.8 million pounds of uranium concentrate produced in Canada in 2025. Orano Canada has been exploring for uranium, mining and milling in Canada for more than 60 years. Orano Canada is the operator of the McClean Lake uranium mill and a major partner in the Cigar Lake (currently 40.453% increasing to 42.582%), McArthur River (30.2%) and Key Lake (16.7%) operations. The McClean Lake joint venture is owned by Orano Canada (77.5%) and Denison Mines (22.5%). Orano toll mills the ore from the Cigar Lake mine at the McClean Lake mill.

The company employs about 500 people in Saskatchewan, including nearly 400 at the McClean Lake operation where over 44% of employees are self-declared Indigenous. As a sustainable uranium producer, Orano Canada is committed to safety, environmental protection, and contributing to the prosperity and well-being of neighbouring communities.

Orano Canada Inc. is a 100% subsidiary of Orano Mining, part of the multinational Orano group. As a recognized international operator in the field of nuclear materials, Orano delivers solutions to address present and future global energy and health challenges. Its expertise and mastery of cutting-edge technologies enable Orano to offer its customers high value-added products and services throughout the entire fuel cycle. Every day, the Orano group’s 18,500 employees draw on their skills, unwavering dedication to safety and constant quest for innovation, with the commitment to develop know-how in the transformation and control of nuclear materials, for the climate and for a healthy and resource-efficient world, now and tomorrow.

Visit Orano at www.oranocanada.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter: @oranocanada

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• Generally available today, ZoomMate combines agentic search, AI-generated presentations and deliverables, and automated execution in Salesforce, Jira, Slack, ServiceNow, and more

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Zoom Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) announced the launch of ZoomMate, an agentic AI work surface to help people move from workplace conversations to execution without losing context along the way. Built on Zoom’s system of action vision announced in March, ZoomMate connects live conversational context to agentic search, workflow execution, custom agents, and AI content creation.

ZoomMate helps users overcome the friction introduced by fragmented tools and incomplete workflows by surfacing information across Zoom and connected business systems, creating deliverables from meeting and enterprise context, and coordinating follow-through across workflows without switching tools. This shift reflects Zoom’s long-term vision for a system of action that moves conversations into completed work.

“What drew me to Zoom was a simple truth: no other company sits where Zoom sits — at the center of every conversation where work decisions get made,” said Russell Dicker, chief product officer at Zoom. “ZoomMate is built on this insight. Before, during, and after the meeting, ZoomMate connects what was decided to what needs to happen next across every system where your work lives.”

“The market is moving away from isolated AI helpers and toward tools that can better connect decisions, data, and workflows across an organization,” said Melody Brue, vice president and principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy. “Many AI offerings operate on the edges of work, with limited access to the real-time context affecting decisions. ZoomMate approaches this differently because it sits inside the conversations where those decisions unfold. This can give it live business context and help make its recommendations more grounded in the work that teams are actually doing.”

ZoomMate capabilities: Search, orchestrate, and complete

ZoomMate introduces advanced agentic AI capabilities that help teams move from insight to completion.

Agentic Search: Bring enterprise knowledge into every conversation

• ZoomMate helps users search across Zoom, the web, and third-party systems to find the most relevant information for a project, account, ticket, policy, or business question.
• By connecting to data sources such as ServiceNow, Salesforce, and Workday, and indexing across users’ integrated enterprise systems, ZoomMate can surface information from enterprise files, including customer records, open issues, service tickets, knowledge articles, project updates, files, and other business content.
• Relevant context from Zoom Meetings, Phone, Chat, and other connected collaboration platforms — including Google and Microsoft — can be directly integrated into the flow of work, so users always have what they need without switching tools or breaking focus.
• Results are grounded in the organization’s connected knowledge and designed to respect enterprise access controls, permissions, and governance.
• Unlike enterprise search tools that index documents alone, ZoomMate connects the files, the records, and the conversations behind them.

Orchestrate: Coordinate follow-through across teams, apps, and systems

• ZoomMate’s agentic layer enables proactive coordination and execution across systems, combining AI workflows with intelligent agents that can act, learn, and adapt within enterprise environments.
• Agents can monitor ongoing projects, identify next steps from meeting context, and automatically initiate follow-up actions, ensuring continuity from conversation to completion.
• Coordinates real-time task execution across meetings, apps, and systems to turn recurring processes into repeatable workflows.
• Schedules events in Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook and routes requests to appropriate systems.
• Updates records, creates follow-up tasks, drafts customer communications, and triggers onboarding or support workflows.
• Reduces handoff gaps by connecting conversational context with execution.

Complete: Turn meetings and enterprise context into finished deliverables

• ZoomMate turns meetings into finished work, automatically creating presentations, documents, spreadsheets, reports, and project plans from meeting conversations and enterprise context so teams can move from discussion to execution faster.
• Leveraging Zoom’s AI Productivity Suite, ZoomMate can update deliverables as decisions evolve, keeping plans, documents, and other outputs current in real time without manual syncing.
• Unlike AI tools that solely rely on prompts or manual context, ZoomMate understands what was discussed to generate grounded, relevant outputs directly from meeting context, delivering content in the form of presentations, documents, and spreadsheets.

How teams can use ZoomMate

ZoomMate integrates into existing team workflows to provide real-time assistance and continuity from the first meeting to the final deliverable. By connecting conversational context with enterprise data, teams can automate repetitive administrative tasks and focus on high-value execution.

• Knowledge workers: Users can ask ZoomMate to pull key information from Google Docs, open Jira issues, and surface recent Slack discussions before a meeting starts. Then, they could ask ZoomMate to manage and schedule events in Google Calendar or Outlook without having to hunt down each person’s availability. And finally, ZoomMate can help users track down specific information across various documents and data sources, such as Google Drive and SharePoint, for project updates, while using the conversation as the source of truth.
• Sales teams: ZoomMate can retrieve account details from Salesforce before a call, update opportunity records immediately after, and draft follow-up proposals using the meeting transcript, without the rep switching applications.
• Product and engineering teams: ZoomMate can pull project background from Google Docs, identify open Jira issues, surface relevant discussions from collaboration tools, and turn action items into structured plans or status updates that reflect the latest decisions.
• HR and operations teams: ZoomMate can answer general policy questions from connected knowledge bases, route employee requests to the appropriate system, and automatically trigger onboarding workflows when a new hire’s start date is confirmed.

Conversations as the orchestration layer for modern work

As AI becomes embedded across workplace software, the next challenge is not simply generating more content or summarizing more meetings — it is helping teams complete the work that conversations create. Zoom believes that conversations are the context layer for modern work because they capture decisions, intent, approvals, objections, and next steps that drive meaningful business outcomes.

ZoomMate is built around that idea. By connecting conversational context with enterprise systems and agentic execution, ZoomMate helps teams move from discussion to action without rebuilding context across disconnected tools. It reflects Zoom’s broader platform vision: a conversation-centric system of action where live collaboration becomes completed work.

ZoomMate is available today for online and direct customers in North America, starting at $20 per user per month with included AI credits. Availability for additional industry verticals and regions, including EMEA and APAC, is expected to roll out later this year.

*Note: While ZoomMate is generally available, it may not be accessible to all users right away, as it is being rolled out gradually.

About Zoom
Zoom (NASDAQ:ZM) is a system of action for modern work, turning live collaboration into completed results. From entrepreneurs to global enterprises, customers choose Zoom to seamlessly collaborate, communicate, and drive outcomes across meetings, phone, contact center, and more — all with the built-in assistance of Zoom AI. Founded in 2011, Zoom is headquartered in San Jose, CA. For more information, visit zoom.com.

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The Pod Hotel. Perfected

LONDON, June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Redefining the modern city stay from £70 per night, Otherwander opens in Soho, London.

In the electric heart of Soho, London, a new chapter in modern hospitality begins.

Opening on 92 Dean Street, Otherwander Soho introduces a seamless, design-led stay in one of the world’s most dynamic neighbourhoods, from £70 per night. It is a stay designed for the way people move today; reimagining the role of the hotel in modern travel, not as a destination, but as a base that keeps guests connected to the beating heart of the city.

 

At the core of the concept is the pod, which are called nests. Available as single or double, each pod is designed to optimise comfort, safety and efficiency. Premium bedding, lighting and temperature controls, blackout windows, sound-softened walls and integrated storage creates a calm, enclosed space that contrasts with the pulse outside.

From booking to arrival, the experience is fully digital. Guests check in online and access both the building and their private pod using a QR-enabled Wanderpass stored in their mobile wallet. The result is a frictionless journey that removes traditional barriers, allowing guests to move through the city on their own terms.

Otherwander opens in Soho (c) Ruth Ward

Built for a life in motion

Just moments from the Elizabeth line at Tottenham Court Road station, Otherwander Soho places guests at the centre of it all. Surrounded by theatres, cafés, boutiques, restaurants and nightlife, it offers a seamless way to arrive, reset, and step straight back into the city. Inviting you to stay out longer, and to say yes more often.

Born from the belief that travel should feel effortless, Otherwander Soho features 566 pods and strips the hotel experience back to its essentials.

Social by Design

Beyond the pods, Otherwander Soho offers a guest-exclusive social hub where guests can hang out, access fresh coffee, pastries, snacks, and a self-serve bar offering beers, wines, and cocktails.

Shared spaces are designed with the same attention to detail, featuring spa-quality bathrooms with rain showers and dedicated vanity areas, making it easy to reset before heading back out.

Otherwander Soho CEO, Fredrik Korallus says: “Otherwander Soho represents a distillation of what guests truly need – and should pay for. No frills, no wasted space, no friction. We offer a seamless, fully digitised guest journey, considered design, a comfortable night’s sleep, and exceptional value in the epicentre of one of the world’s greatest cities.”

And Soho is just the beginning.

Designed with global scalability in mind, Otherwander Soho aims to grow beyond the UK into major cities worldwide, carrying the same spirit of freedom, discovery, and effortless living wherever it goes.

Otherwander Soho is open from 1^st June 2026.
To discover more and book your stay, visit here.
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About Otherwander Soho
Otherwander Soho is a next-generation pod hotel brand for modern explorers, redefining urban stays through smart design, seamless technology, and cultural immersion. Born in the heart of Soho, London, Otherwander Soho offers efficient, design-led accommodation for travellers who value experience over excess. From private pods to intuitive self-service amenities, every detail is designed to remove friction from travel and make space for discovery.

Notes to editors

• Otherwander Soho is located on Dean Street, adjacent to the Elizabeth line entrance at Tottenham Court Road station
• Accommodation includes single pods for solo travellers and double pods for couples or friends
• Pod features include: premium bedding, blackout window, sound-softened walls, luggage storage, USB charging ports, and superfast Wi-Fi
• Shared facilities include spa-quality bathrooms with rain showers, touch-free taps, and toxin-free toiletries, plus dedicated vanity areas with hair dryers
• Social spaces include on-demand vending (coffee, pastries, snacks) and a self-serve bar with beers, wines, and cocktails
• Sustainability is integrated throughout the building, including multi-stage filtered water systems to reduce single-use plastics and smart sensors that optimise energy use by powering down spaces when not in use
• Prices start from £70 per night

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